Ministries of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Ministries of the Ukrainian SSR were central bodies of state administration of the Ukrainian SSR (for brevity Ukraine). Among other central bodies of state administration there also were committees, state committees, and other agencies. After the World War II in 1946 ministries uniformly replaced the existing People's Commissariats.
General overview
Ministries of the Ukrainian SSR governed their assigned sectors of economy, socially-cultural, and administratively-political administrations within the Ukrainian SSR. Ministries of the Ukrainian SSR were categorized in union-republican and republican, such division existed until May 13, 1991.[1] Supposedly republican ministries were administered by the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR, while union-republican ministries had double subordination to the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR as well as to their respective union-republican ministries of the Soviet Union or in some instances - state committees of the Soviet Union.
The general principles of organization and functioning of ministries of the Ukrainian SSR are regulated by the Constitution of the Soviet Union, Constitution of the Ukrainian SSR, and other legal acts. More detailed regulations are established by the Law of the Ukrainian SSR about the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR of December 19, 1978. Additionally each ministry has its own statute that defines its tasks, powers, and legal status.
Ministries of the Ukrainian SSR are headed by their ministers. Ministries are responsible for status and development of their respective sector and execution of state plans as well as solution of other tasks that those sectors face.
In 1981 there were at least 28 union-republican ministries in Ukraine and only six republican ministries. After transformation of the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR into the Cabinet of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR, number of ministers decreased substantially, while their categorization on union-republican and republican was eliminated after the adaptation of Declaration on State Sovereignty of Ukraine.[2]
List of Ministries
Union-republican
- Ministry of Construction of Heavy Industry Companies
- Ministry of Higher and Middle Special Education
- Ministry of Internal Affairs
- Ministry of Mining Industry
- Ministry of Geology
- Ministry of Power Generation and Electrification
- Ministry of Preparations
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Ministry of Communication
- Ministry of Culture
- Ministry of Light Industry
- Ministry of Forest Management
- Ministry of Forest, Cellulose-Paper, and Wood Processing Industry
- Ministry of Amelioration and Water Management
- Ministry of Montage and Special Construction
- Ministry of Meat and Milk Industry
- Ministry of Education
- Ministry of Health Care
- Ministry of Fruit and Vegetable Farming
- Ministry of Industrial Construction
- Ministry of Industrial Construction Materials
- Ministry of Soviet Farms
- Ministry of Rural Construction
- Ministry of Trade
- Ministry of Finance
- Ministry of Food Industry
- Ministry of Black Metallurgy
- Ministry of Justice
Republican
- Ministry of Automobile Transportation
- Ministry of Construction and Exploitation of Automobile Roads
- Ministry of Housing and Communal Services
- Ministry of Local Industry
- Ministry of Consumer Services of Population
- Ministry of Social Security
See also
References
- ^ Law of the Ukrainian SSR. About list of ministers and other central bodies of state administration of the Ukrainian SSR. May 13, 1991.
- ^ Law of the Ukrainian SSR. About ministers and state committees of the Ukrainian SSR. August 3, 1990.
External links
- Ministries of the Ukrainian SSR at Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia
- Central bodies of executive power at Ukrainian Juridical Portal